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Cemetery for War Dead from Iwo Jima

Date: 03 1945
Description: The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart...
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Northwest Airlines Pickets

Date: 07 09 1970
Description: Picket line of striking Northwest Airlines ticket agents and office workers who were represented by the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks.
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Planting Muskmelon Plants

Date: 05 24 1979
Description: Lyle Lurvey and Mrs. Lurvey on a tractor planting muskmelon on their farm near Highway 67, south of Dousman.
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Dickey Chapelle and Marine Recruits

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Description: Dickey Chapelle and drill sargeant walk in front of Marine recruits in formation.
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Robert Harron and D.W. Griffith

Date: 1918
Description: Director D.W. Griffith appears to be adjusting actor Robert Harron's moustache.

Original caption: "Making up Bobbie."

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Soldiers and Mortar

Date: 1952
Description: Two soldiers set off mortar rounds in Panama.
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Soldiers with Machine Gun

Date: 1945
Description: A two-man crew mans a .30mm machine gun in Panama. The men are wearing fatigues. There are trees in the background and plants in the foreground.
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Soldiers with Machine Gun

Date: 1946
Description: Two soldiers huddle behind a 30mm machine gun. Part of a series of images made by Chapelle during World War II in the Pacific Ocean region, including image...
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Franklin Hofele with Facial Wounds

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Description: Marine Franklin Hofele sits aboard the USS "Samaritan" with injuries.
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Wounded Marine on Ship Deck

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Description: A wounded Marine lays on a stretcher on the deck of the USS "Samaritan" in Iwo Jima. The man later died.
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Soldiers Fording a Stream

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Description: Soldiers on patrol ford a stream in Panama.
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Patrol Officer

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Description: A patrol officer looks at his compass as he smokes a cigarette.
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Jungleer Patrol Fording a Stream

Date: 1942
Description: Rear view of soldiers holding their rifles above their heads as they ford a stream in Panama.
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Hacking a Path Through a Jungle

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Description: A soldier hacks a path through a jungle in Panama with a machete while smoking a cigarette.
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Patrol Fording a Stream

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Description: Soldiers ford a stream in Panama holding their rifles.
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Herbert H. Kohl

Date: 1971
Description: Studio portrait of Herb Kohl as President of the Kohl Corporation.
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Olive Brooks, Division Engineer in Panama

Date: 1942
Description: Olive Brooks, Army Division Engineer Public Relations with her .45 on the "Dolphin", Chucunaque River, Panama. She is pointing her gun out towards the rive...
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Panamanian Women Grinding Corn

Date: 12 1942
Description: Indigenous Panamanian women grinding corn at Yawissa, near the Chucunaque River in Panama. Two women wearing wrapped fabric around their waists are grindin...
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Charlie Herbert

Date: 06 10 1959
Description: Charlie Herbert, who played Pete McCauley on the television show Men Into Space, is seen sitting at a desk. He is holding a ball in one hand, a comi...
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William (Bill) Lundigan and his Daughter

Date: 07 08 1959
Description: William Lundigan is seen with his daughter on the set of the television show Men Into Space. He is wearing a spacesuit and helmet. His daughter is t...

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